Light Flow update adds a bevy of new features, including remote notification clearing

Notification support added for 72 new apps, including the new Skype app

One of the most popular notification light apps, Light Flow, has received a major update today. Along with new features to support the latest version of Android, more support has been added for multiple new apps, including device-specific support:

While many of these new features are great, the most notable is surely the ability to (finally!) remotely clear notifications. This feature was made possible by a new API that was made available with the Google Play Services update.

Previously, getting a new email meant triggering Flow Light to activate an LED notification that would persist even after clearing that notification via the web or another device. Now, once that email has been checked elsewhere, Light Flow can turn off Android's LED notification, giving some clarity about new versus old notifications.

Click through the Play Store link up top to download the newest version of Light Flow.

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Light Flow update adds a bevy of new features, including remote notification clearing

Note that it's on a staged rollout at the moment so I can handle the increase in support from new releases. The full version is available to approx 50% of people. The lite version only 10%. I'll be pushing both of those numbers up later today.

I'd suggest posting in either the Razr forum, or the apps forum, and provide some more details on what is happening and what you've tried. The comments area isn't really a good place to try to analyze and solve problems.

On my S3 and S4...when I read a Gmail on my desktop...the LED that was turned on for that notification is automatically cleared. It's been like that for as long as I can remember. Maybe that's only Gmail?

Yes gmail already did this. GTalk used to do, but hangouts didn't. It's other email clients that benefit such as the stock email client and apps such as touchdown which would clear, but lightflow couldn't pick up on the removal of that notification.

This is what I have been waiting for. My phone sits on my desk flashing at me when emails need to be read. The issue is, I already read them on the computer, so it is redundant to me. I asked the dev about this almost 2 years ago and Android finally supports this.

I'm not disagreeing with you, but he is making a living via Lightflow. With the amount of GS3/GS4 owners in the US, it would've been foolish not to have done that. Not like he couldn't/didn't sell them after the issue was fixed.

I LOVE my LightFlow App, and Andrew is an AWESOME developer, communicator, helper, etc - but I can ASSURE you he is NOT making a living with his Android Apps.. I wish he was.. more people should give him extra $$ like I do - every time he helps me!!!